Thanks to Nick Andrews for this link to information about Local Area Coordination.
Local area co-ordination ( LAC) originated in Australia and was introduced to Scotland in the form of a recommendation in The same as you? report, following a national review of services to people with learning disabilities. With a strong, person centred value base, LAC is an innovative way to support individuals and families to build a ‘good life’ and to strengthen the capacity of communities to welcome and include disabled people.
You can get information from the Scottish Government website about it’s evaluation of Local Area Coordination by the University of Stirling by following this link.
There is more information about Local Area Coordination at the Australian Disability Services Commission website which can be found by following this link.
